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14 and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the flesh-hook brought up the priest took therewith. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither. 15 Yea, before they burnt the fat, the priest’s servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have boiled flesh of thee, but raw. 16 And if the man said unto him, They will surely burn the fat [a]first, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then [b]he would say, Nay, but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:16 Hebrew to-day.
  2. 1 Samuel 2:16 Another reading is, he would say unto him, Thou etc.